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Barrow Blotter

published Thursday, June 7, 2012

The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office reported the following incidents:

BURGLARY: On May 28, a deputy was dispatched to a home on Molly Way, Winder, where someone entered a garage and stole several items valued at $988. Among the missing items are an air compressor, a box of golf balls, toy cars, 12 red women’s wallets with University of Georgia logos, 50 cigarette lighters, a blender, sunglasses and other items.

For a couple of days prior to the theft, the victim said he saw a white Ford Ranger driving slowly in the neighborhood. A neighbor reported he observed the same pickup.

MISSING DOG: On May 28, a deputy was dispatched to Atlanta Highway, Winder, where a woman said her dog has been missing for five days.

The woman was told to contact animal control to see if they had the dog.

BURGLARY: On May 29, a deputy was dispatched at 5:34 p.m. to a home on Crystal Meadow Drive, Winder, for a burglary. The woman said someone broke into the house by shattering a sunroom window.

She found jewelry and her laptop computer missing. She estimated the loss at $11,000.

FORD STOLEN: On May 29, a deputy was dispatched to Dyno Trail, Statham, where a woman said someone stole her 1977 Ford F-100 pickup left parked in the driveway.

Brown said there are only two sets of keys and she has both sets. The woman said her boyfriend is currently in jail, so she knew he didn’t have the truck.

FRAUD: On May 30, a deputy was dispatched to Sally Beauty Supply on Loganville Highway, Bethlehem, where an employee reported she was the victim of a fraud. The woman said the previous day she received a telephone call from a person named Nancy who said she was with loss prevention and there an been an accident in their shop during the past month.

Nancy said the customer now wanted restitution for medical expenses as a result of the accident. Nancy asked how much her store took in that day and after the employee told her, Nancy told her to stop taking cash transactions and accept only credit cards.

When the employee said she would like to get that cleared with a supervisor, Nancy began yelling at her, saying someone was going to get fired if she didn’t do as told. Nancy told her to take the shop’s earnings for that day, go to CVS, and wire the funds to a man named Roy.

When the employee questioned this, Nancy yelled and told her to proceed to CVS. The employee took the money and wired it to the location she was told. The employee has now found out she was victimized in a fraud.

THEFT: On May 31, a deputy was dispatched to Vigas on Atlanta Highway, Winder, where a man said someone cut a chain link fence surrounding the company’s work trucks.

Two trucks were entered and brass and copper fittings, valued at $600, were removed. Tools valued at $500 also were stolen.

THREAT: On May 31, a deputy responded to a home on East Wright Street, Winder, where a man said he and another man had a confrontation in his front yard.

The complainant said the man, whom he didn’t know, regularly visited his neighbor. On this day, the man arrived and began blowing his horn repeatedly. The complainant said he went outside, and because he works the night shift, he confronted the man.